This course examines the ethical and legal implications of advances in technology. Various technological inventions and innovations are examined for their impact on society and their ethical and legal ramifications. Drawing on traditional philosophical and anthropological and anthropological frameworks for examining ethical issues, students consider also the ethical impact of technology on the analysis and design of information systems, decision-making, corporate policies, budgets, government regulations, and laws. Also considered are first amendment issues, newly emerging areas of controversy involving the use of technology, and the interrelationships of ethics, law, and technology.
3 Credits